{"podcast":{"title":"Herbal Radio","slug":"herbal-radio-1052686","podcast_index_feed_id":1052686,"rss_url":"https://herbalradio.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.mountainroseherbs.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/7/7/6/57768325304ea72516c3140a3186d450/Screenshot_2026-03-13_at_4.44.57PM-20260313-udqbxu3h2y.png","author":"Herbal Radio","episode_count":303,"summary":"Herbal Radio brings you invaluable conversations with herbalists, botanists, scientists, conservationists, and more! Hoping to inspire the next generation of herbal crafters, Herbal Radio has hundreds of episodes to expand your learning and open your mind. Subscribe to Herbal Radio wherever you listen to podcasts to inspire you while you tend to your garden, cook a wholesome meal, or explore your local environment.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T10:22:16.371115+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/herbal-radio-1052686"},"episode":{"title":"Plant Monographs to Unite World Health | Featuring Roy Upton","slug":"plant-monographs-to-unite-world-health-featuring-roy-upton","published_at":"2026-05-08T17:46:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/herbal-radio-1052686/plant-monographs-to-unite-world-health-featuring-roy-upton","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/herbal-radio-1052686","url":"https://herbalradio.libsyn.com/plant-monographs-old-herbal-books-featuring-roy-upton","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/herbalradio/Plant_Monographs__Old_Herbal_Books___Featuring_Roy_Upton.mp3?dest-id=913199","summary":"This week on Herbal Radio, host Lucretia Van Dyke is joined by the founder of American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and man behind the modern monograph: Roy Upton. Join us as we explore: The purpose and importance of plant monographs Integrating traditional medicine into primary healthcare Learning about plants before the digital age The rise and dangers of AI herbalism books Roy's adventures hunting for old herbal books How AHP monographs influence legislature on a global scale As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. 🎥 Check out the video interview to this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6gOU9JJnFQ4 Learn more about Roy below! 🌿 Roy Upton founded the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) in 1995 to bring the knowledge base of herbal medicine into one monograph system as a way to allay consumer and practitioner fears about using herbal medicines and to rebuild our cultural knowledge base about the value of herbal medicine to individual, community, societal, and environmental health. Roy serves as Executive Director and Editor of AHP. Check out these resource Roy mentioned in the episode: 🌱 ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) 📖 Christopher Hobb's Rare Book Collection 🤖 The Danger of AI Herbalism Books on Amazon 📓 AHPA Botanical Safety Handbook 🌎 Global Alliance for Integrative Health & Medicine (GAIHM) ~~~ 🌻 Lucretia VanDyke began her herbalism journey as a little girl mixing herbs, clays, and muds on h…","meta_description":"This week on Herbal Radio, host Lucretia Van Dyke is joined by the founder of American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and man behind the modern monograph: Roy Upton…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3680,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/herbal-radio-1052686/episodes/plant-monographs-to-unite-world-health-featuring-roy-upton/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/herbal-radio-1052686/plant-monographs-to-unite-world-health-featuring-roy-upton.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}